Centropomus ensiferus, Swordspine snook : fisheries, gamefish

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Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860

Swordspine snook
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> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Centropomidae (Snooks)
Etymology: Centropomus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico; amfidromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica ? - 22 m (Ref. 26912). Subtropical; 25°N - 23°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Greater and Lesser Antilles, and continental Caribbean coasts of Central and South America southward extending to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.0 kg (Ref. 5217)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 8 - 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10; Spine anali: 1 - 3; Raggi anali molli: 6. 2nd spine of anal fin greatly enlarged; body yellowish brown dorsally, silver laterally and ventrally; lateral line dusky; pectoral and pelvic fins yellow, other fins dusky (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually prefers very low brackish water or freshwater. Found over soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on small fishes (Engraulidae, Clupeidae, etc.) and crustaceans (mainly shrimps) (Ref. 35237).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Juveniles in mangrove areas and irrigation canals.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Fraser, T.H., 1978. Centropomidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). FAO, Rome. Vol. 1-2. pag.var. (Ref. 3713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 January 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 26.8 - 28.3, mean 27.5 °C (based on 517 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00431 - 0.01217), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.2   ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=3-4; Fec=80,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 58.7 [33.6, 120.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.742 [0.452, 1.292] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.0, 21.5] %; Omega3 = 0.39 [0.18, 0.89] g/100g; Selenium = 17.8 [9.1, 32.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.9 [9.7, 79.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.949 [0.660, 1.368] mg/100g (wet weight);